We are seeking Senior Planners to join ERM’s growing town planning and consents team, to be based in either Dublin, Cardiff, York, Glasgow or Edinburgh.

As part of ERM’s global planning team you will be leading on securing consents and providing technical leadership and advice across a wide range of industries and market sectors. You will be responsible for working with the world’s leading organisations on the delivery of large complex projects and initiatives.

Key areas of the team’s work are:

• Providing planning leadership, advice and services in securing consents for major projects, including renewables - solar, on and off-shore wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage (CCS), and also projects within the Technology, Mining and Transport Sectors.
• Providing planning expertise to other ERM business sectors e.g. environmental assessment, sustainability appraisal, land and property strategy, environmental permitting, mining regeneration and marine.
• Providing planning advice and expertise on a variety of projects across Ireland, UK nations and other international projects.
• Delivery of planning and related applications and appeals.

We are looking for motivated people with a passion for sustainability, with the relevant skills, experience and enthusiasm, who want to develop their careers and help sustain ERM as a leading environmental and planning consultancy through business development and innovation.

To be a strong candidate, you should have:

• an RTPI accredited planning qualification and be MRTPI or working towards it.
• relevant post qualification planning experience
• a particular interest in working on the environmental and planning aspects of major infrastructure and development projects and policy studies.
• experience in the development of consenting strategies for large complex projects.
• experience in working in multiple planning regulatory frameworks.
• a desire for personal professional development, and a strong willingness to mentor others.
• excellent report writing, analytical and inter-personal skills.

If you have these skills and even more experience, or are interested in joining us, we would also be keen to hear from you.

ERM operates a hybrid working model, with flexibility for home-based working. Other benefits including an annual discretionary bonus, pension scheme, private medical insurance, medical cash plan, life assurance, income protection and many more.

With a robust career framework in place, ERM is able to offer great opportunities for both early career and experienced professionals to advance their career within the business. Structured training around project management, core consulting skills development amongst other topics are offered to support our colleagues’ professional development as we continue to grow our team.

You will also be able to join our Global Technical Communities where likeminded professionals come together globally to innovate, network and share knowledge and expertise through internal workshops and webinars.

We are passionate about our people, their safety, well-being and development. ERMers take accountability, are client focused, and collaborate with colleagues across geographies.

If you share our values, believe in sustainability and are motivated by opportunities to shape, build and run a sustainability service team that makes a real impact to our client’s businesses, ERM is the right place for you.

We aim to build an inclusive culture by identifying, acquiring, developing and retaining a highly skilled and high performing workforce which reflects the diverse global marketplace in which we operate, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious preference, sexual orientation, physical attributes, educational background.